Observations on some ethnomedicinal plants in Sathyamangalam forests of Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 4709-4714

  Poongodi, A ^a   Thilagavathi, S ^a   Aravindhan, V ^a   Rajendran, A ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Folk remedies; Irulas and soligas; Tamil Nadu; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA INDICA EXTRACT; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; CLITORIA TERNATEA EXTRACT; CYNODON DACTYLON EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MIMOSA PUDICA EXTRACT; MURRAYA KOENIGII EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLANUM TRILOBATUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABRUS; ABUTILON INDICUM; ACACIA FARNESIANA; ACALYPHA INDICA; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; AEGLE MARMELOS; ALOE VERA; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANISOMELES MALABARICA; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BARK; BARLERIA MYSORENSIS; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA; BERMUDA GRASS; BITE; BORASSUS FLABELLIFER; BURN; CALOPTROPIS GIGANTEA; CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM; CASSIA SOPHERA; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; CITRON; CLEOME GYNANDRA; CLITORIA TERNATEA; COCCINIA INDICA; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CUCUMBER; DANDRUFF; DATURA METEL; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUSTRY; DYSENTERY; ECLIPTA PROSTATA; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; ENICOSTEMMA HYSSOPIFOLIUM; EPISTAXIS; EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES; EYE INFECTION; FEVER; FICUS BENGALENSIS; FICUS RACEMOSA; FLOWER; GUAVA; HAIR DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEAT INJURY; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INSECT BITE; IPOMOEA OBSCURA; JATROPHA CURCAS; JAUNDICE; JUSTICIA TRAQUEBARIENSIS; LAWSONIA INERMIS; LEUCAS ASPERA; LEUKORRHEA; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA SPICATA; MIMOSA PUDICA; MOUTH ULCER; MUSA PARADISIACA; NECK INJURY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; OTALGIA; PAIN; PAPAYA; PERGULARIA DAEMIA; PHARYNGITIS; PLANT BULB; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POMEGRANATE; RAUWOLFIA; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SENNA AURICULATA; SESABANIA GRANDIFLORA; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SOLANUM SURATTENSE; SOLANUM TRILOBATUM; STOMACH PAIN; STOMACH ULCER; TEPHROSIA PURPUREA; THESPESIA POPULNEA; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRIANTHEMA PORTULACASTRUM; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VITEX NEGUNDO; VOMITING; WORM INFECTION; WOUND; WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA;

EID: 81555217990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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